Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2008) 14: 81-83. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.005116
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Changing mental health legislation in the UK{dagger}

Tony Zigmond

Tony Zigmond is a consultant psychiatrist with Leeds Partnerships Foundation Trust (Newsam Centre, York Road, Leeds LS14 6WB, UK. Email: anthony.zigmond{at}leedspft.nhs.uk). A former Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, he was the College lead on mental health law reform.

Abstract

Following devolution, the mental health acts of the constituent countries of the UK are diverging in their provisions. This editorial describes three significant differences between the new Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, which came into effect in Scotland in 2005, and the Mental Health Act 2007 for England and Wales.


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